Given the considerable number of employees under the age of 18 in the workforce, employers and insurers need to be aware of how to manage those claims.

The Legislature made no statutory changes to the Workers Compensation Act in 2025. However, effective July 1, 2025, the Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation (SBWC)...

Courts are increasingly imposing severe sanctions on attorneys who misuse artificial intelligence in legal work, with cases resulting in millions in additional damages and thousands in fines.

When drafting contracts, parties must always consider the risk associated with the transaction. One of the most common ways to limit risk is by including an indemnity provision.

The first is for fatalities as a result of a work related incident. Fatalities must be reported to OSHA within 8 hours after the death of any employee.

With Hurricane Dorian closing in on the US coast and based on the number of utility vehicles I have seen heading south on I-75 to aid in recovery efforts

Working Man Stan is bored! Eight hours is a long time to stand around an automobile factory. It is also a long time to look at all the fast cars sitting on the lot just waiting to be driven.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) initiated additional guidelines and information regarding the proper use of opioids and to educate doctors and patients about the opioids epidemic.

Much like in life, the business of insurance defense is about the cards we are dealt with. The more experience you have, the easier it is to know the good cards, the bad cards and how to play them.

Most real estate investors have at least a passing familiarity with the concept of a "tax sale" or the acquisition of tax delinquent property subsequent to foreclosure. Although there are several ways to acquire tax delinquent properties, this primer relates to purchasing properties subject to non-judicial foreclosure.

Many large companies, small businesses and individual investors alike often utilize simple entity structures to protect their assets from potential future litigation.

On Monday, September 20th, the White House announced they are "launching a coordinated, interagency effort to respond to extreme heat that threatens the lives and livelihoods of Americans, especially workers, children, and seniors.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act was signed into law as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United State.

Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act prohibits employers from retaliating against employees from exercising rights under the OSH Act.

Here are a few suggestions and things you might consider having in place should OSHA show up.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called “forever chemicals,” are rapidly becoming one of the most significant environmental regulatory challenges facing businesses today.

A continual issue that our clients have seen is for contractors and public adjusters to attempt to blur the distinction between ACV and RCV figures in an effort to recover RCV upfront...

Many business owners in Georgia create legal entities under which they do business.

For decades attorneys for insurance companies and insureds have debated the discoverability of documents contained in the insurer's claims file. Frequently, the debate concerns when an insurer

The panel of physicians can be a pivotal aspect to any workers' compensation claim. With a proper panel, the employer can limit which physicians an injured...